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ENTHUSIASM+NERVES = COLLEGE FRESHMEN HIGH SCHOOL GRADS PREPARE FOR COLLEGE LIFE.


Trading home-cooked meals for cold pizza Cold Pizza is a television morning sports talk show that was shown on weekday mornings on ESPN2. The show's format included daily sports news, interviews with sports journalists, athletes, and personalities, and an assortment of other sports and non-sports topics. , and gentle wake-up nudges from mom for blaring alarm clocks, many San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
 high school graduates will soon head to colleges far from the comforts of home.

Even for those who will attend local colleges and universities, the excitement of beginning their adult lives leaves many hopeful but others a bit apprehensive.

North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey.  co-valedictorian Norma Montes mon·tes  
n.
Plural of mons.
, 18, is on her way to UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University)
UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX
. As she prepares to move on with her life, the impact that she's had thus far on her siblings Patricia, 17, and brother, Efren, 12, has been profound.

``Just seeing that she's so brilliant and going to college makes me want to go, too,'' said Efren.

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(color) Although she's attending UCLA in the fall, North Hollywood High School co-valedictorian Norma Montes, center, said she'll remain close to her sister, Patricia, and brother, Efren.

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Title Annotation:Valley News
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jun 14, 2006
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